Wednesday, 28 April 2010
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Resident Alien
By Spacehog
see relatedWhy I Love Spacehog’s Resident Alien
The common feeling for those with Asperger’s Syndrome or those who don’t necessarily fit in is that not only they feel more human than human, but when they are amongst people, they feel out of place with society and life in general. Even though the album is supposedly executed for fun, it executes my experience with Asperger’s wonderfully. At times, I do feel a bit like a resident alien, and that doesn’t even have to be a bad thing.
The album begins with “In the Meantime”, a runaway glam hit, that speaks to those listening, like someone who has been enlightened of their potential as more than just a human. The thing abouit feeling like more than just a simple alien is that an upgrade leads to the status of being the alien or the astronaut in common life, which is where song like the wild “Spacehog” and the psychedelic and “homesick” comes in.
Some of the metaphors of space are not just a matter of identity, but never being too old for imagination or the need to escape to a whole other world. “Space is The Place” describes a hard-to-deal-with moment in time, where he just goes elsewhere in his mind to escape it and deal with it later.
Not to mention that when you feel like an alien or the highest of the species, you tend to feel like a dictator or like you have leader potential. “Only a Few” singles out those smart enough to navigate the small and big things in life better than the majority. One of whom might imagine putting their best foot forward and their iron fist high (“The Last Dictator”).
Rather, to me, Resident Alien is another album that is kind of like an accidental concept album that explores the ever-popular symbol of the alien for the intelligent, imaginative, and “left behind”. An album made for the dreamers, the mental, and for more than just those who want to listen to a glam rock album.
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